I'd go with A because the other options don't make sense at all.
Well, a direct quotation is a quotation taken directly out of the text. So all we have to do is find which answer is taken directly out of the text. :)
A. Pull tight.
The pilgrims landed on the coast of the USA at what is now known as Cape Cod. They started exploring the area and came across a deserted Native American Villiage. The pilgrims then found a stockpile of corn buried in wicker baskets under the sand. It was apparently the Indian villagers' seed stock for the summer. They moved inland during the winter and came back to the coast during the summer. The pilgrims dug up all the corn and took it back to the ship with them
